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Anna Regina (Barton) Drake |
Anna Regina (Barton) Drake was born on Nov. 24, 1816 in Columbia County, PA, the daughter of John and Mary Catherine (Kreider) Barton.
She was a school teacher in young womanhood.
On March 13, 1845, at the age of about 29, she married Dr. Thomas Wright Drake (1814-1850) of Wilkes-Barre. Their wedding ceremony was held at St. Philip's Church, Philadelphia, by the hand of Rev. Neville. News of the marriage was published in the Columbia Democrat.
The couple did not reproduce.
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They resided in Bloomsburg and belonged to the Episcopal Church. The pair were together for five years until the separation of death.
Sadly, Thomas succumbed in Wilkes-Barre at age 35 on May 10, 1850. The cause is not yet known. A one-line note of his passing was printed in the Wilkes-Barre Advocate.
The widowed Anna then moved back into her parents' home in Bloom Township, Columbia County. Later, she went to live with her sister and brother-in-law, Clara and Rev. C.C. Parker, in Bala Cynwyd, Lower Merion Township near Philadelphia.
Death enveloped her with suddenness in the Parker house on Sept. 7, 1891. Her obituary was published in the Bloomsburg Columbian, saying "Many of the older residents of Bloomsburg will be pained to learn of the death" and that "many of the middle-aged people of this town went to school to her in their youth." Funeral services were conducted in St. John's Church in Lower Merion, with burial following in Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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Research for this page conducted by Della Shafer and the late Donna (Younkin) Logan |